Filed under: News , UFC A little more than seven years have passed since UFC President Dana White first draped the featherweight belt around Jose Aldo in Detroit and, over the subsequent half-decade, the division came to be defined by the Brazilian’s uninterrupted tenure as the first UFC champion at 145 pounds. Aldo (26-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) amassed seven title defenses – against six worthy challengers – but, such was his almost total dominance, along with a complete lack of compelling subplots outside the octagon, that flawless reign started to border on the mundane. By then, Conor McGregor ’s incessant soundbites and trusty left hand had somewhat stirred the pot but, it wasn’t until the Dubliner defeated Chad Mendes for the interim title in July 2015 at UFC 189 that the dog-eared script was ripped to shreds. The unfolding twists, turns and seesawing balance of power were of “Game of Thrones” proportions, and looking back now, it’s startling to consider that it took McGregor a mere 13 seconds to put such a chaotic chain of events in motion. Almost immediately after unseating Aldo at UFC 194, the brass gave Irishman McGregor leave to challenge then-lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos, though when the latter was ruled out through injury, the former and Nate Diaz fought out a pair of welterweight bouts , which were punctuated by an all-too-public standoff between McGregor and his employers.
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After a chaotic few years in UFC featherweight division, where does Frankie Edgar fit? – MMA Junkie